-onymcomb. form

Primary stress is retained by the usual stressed syllable of the preceding element and vowels may be reduced accordingly; see e.g. cryptonym n.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek -ωνυμον.

Etymology: < ancient Greek -ωνυμον, neuter singular combining form (in e.g. ὁμώνυμον homonym n., συνώνυμον synonym n.) of ancient Greek (Doric and Aeolic) ὀνύματ- , ὄνυμα name, word (ancient Greek (Attic) ὄνομα : see onomato- comb. form). Compare French -onyme (native formations in which are found from the early 19th cent.), German -onym.Combined with first elements ultimately of Greek origin. Earliest attested in synonym n., the proximate source of which is Latin (compare homonym n.). The proximate source of several other early formations is French (compare pseudonym n.). -onym occurs in a large number of formations from the late 19th and early 20th cent., a number of which are native formations in English, as acronym n., caconym n., mononym n., etc.

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Forming nouns denoting certain semantic terms, or types of name, esp. with regard to authorship or scientific nomenclature.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2018).

单词	-onym
释义	-onymcomb. form Primary stress is retained by the usual stressed syllable of the preceding element and vowels may be reduced accordingly; see e.g. cryptonym n. Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek -ωνυμον. Etymology: < ancient Greek -ωνυμον, neuter singular combining form (in e.g. ὁμώνυμον homonym n., συνώνυμον synonym n.) of ancient Greek (Doric and Aeolic) ὀνύματ- , ὄνυμα name, word (ancient Greek (Attic) ὄνομα : see onomato- comb. form). Compare French -onyme (native formations in which are found from the early 19th cent.), German -onym.Combined with first elements ultimately of Greek origin. Earliest attested in synonym n., the proximate source of which is Latin (compare homonym n.). The proximate source of several other early formations is French (compare pseudonym n.). -onym occurs in a large number of formations from the late 19th and early 20th cent., a number of which are native formations in English, as acronym n., caconym n., mononym n., etc. Categories » Forming nouns denoting certain semantic terms, or types of name, esp. with regard to authorship or scientific nomenclature. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2018). < comb. form
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